HI All,
just fyi, Rhode Schwartz has put together an excellent presentation on the
“re-birth” of commercial HF communications. And yes, the stock traders are
using HF to combat the lag time of conventional data networks.
73,
Dave, K2DP
> On Mar 17, 2021, at 11:51 AM, Artek Manuals <Manuals@ArtekManuals.com> wrote:
>
> Probably one of few things that is keeping S-IR alive ... I know they have
> REDUCED their product offering to hams in last month or two
>
> Dave
> NR1DX
>
> On 3/17/2021 12:40 PM, Bruce Horn wrote:
>> https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/wall-street-tries-shortwave-radio-to-make-highfrequency-trades-across-the-atlantic
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>> From: "k7lxc--- via TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 9:05:09 AM
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] HFT
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>> Howdy, TowerTalkians -
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>> � � This is a little off topic so feel free to use your delete key.�� � In
>> the last month I've spotted 3 big HF yagi installations mounted on non-ham
>> towers on non-ham properties. One had 3 big yagis, one was a big SteppIR by
>> itself and the other had 2 big SteppIRs. All were pointed fixed east (I'm in
>> the Seattle area).�� � Turns out that these are probably used in High
>> Frequency Trading. That is, stock trading where fiber wasn't fast enough and
>> the users have turned to HF to decrease the lag time. I thought it was
>> pretty interesting and I'm curious how much this is being used. And at least
>> they're not in the ham bands - hi.��Cheers,Steve� � K7LXC
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